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Overmatter: Desperate Marketing
Overmatter loves Private Eye and is not at all surprised that the satirical fortnightly can lay claim to being the UK’s best-selling news and current affairs magazine.

Moo wins £3m from Barclays Fast Growth Tech Fund
Web-to-print company Moo has secured a £3m revolving credit facility from Barclays to help it grow its global business.

PhotoBox Group to revise flotation plans
Moonpig.com owner PhotoBox Group may revise plans to float on the stock market after private equity firms expressed an interest in buying the business.

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper announces price rise for whole product range.
Mitsubishi HiTec Paper is increasing its paper prices by 8% - for all products.

Solopress marks milestone with 200th employee
Commercial printer Solopress has reached a growth milestone after taking on its 200th employee earlier this month.

Blackmore wins £250,000 of work on back of UK's first KBA AMS Rapida 105
Blackmore has won around £250,000 of new work since February specifically related to its new four-colour KBA Rapida 105 press, the first in the UK fitted with Air Motion Systems' LED curing...

Boss Print mourns Kilmurray
Boss Print is mourning the loss of co-owner Joe Kilmurray, who has died suddenly aged just 50.

Callprint makes major Xerox investment
Reprographics and large-format specialist Callprint has doubled its print capacity in three key sites as part of an ongoing investment plan for its core business.

De La Rue appoints new CFO
De La Rue has found a new chief financial officer to replace outgoing group finance director Colin Child.

DS Smith posts 20% pre-tax profit rise, reveals new acquisition
DS Smith has announced a proposed £135m acquisition of the corrugated activities of Spanish business Grupo Lantero and hailed its strong growth in profits, returns and dividends.

Dobson & Crowther set to close
Litho printer Dobson & Crowther, looks set to cease trading in the next few days after a search by administrators to find a potential buyer proved fruitless.

New Fifty Shades book smashes sales record
Grey, the latest novel by Fifty Shades of Grey author EL James, has sold more copies in the UK in its first three days than any adult title has in its first week.

First Display gears up for Edinburgh Festival with first flatbed
Orders to print hundreds of boards for the forthcoming Edinburgh Festival mean that an Edinburgh printer’s latest investment has arrived not a moment too soon.

Gardners in groundbreaking Jurassic World campaign
Model velociraptors, which spent over a week surprising and amusing travellers at London's Waterloo Station, were part of a print and manufacturing project delivered by Gardners.

Memorial service held for Bob Gavron
Family, friends and former colleagues have paid tribute to St Ives founder Bob Gavron at a memorial service to celebrate his life.